Category Archives: Local News

The Mattoon Community Food Center (600 Moultrie in Mattoon) has received an unexpected supply of frozen food and there's no room to store it. So, they'll distribute it Saturday morning (1/21), startin...

A Flora teen and his passenger were injured in a two-vehicle accident last night, Wednesday, January 18, in Clay County. According to the Illinois State Police, the 16-year-old boy turned north off Ro...

University Of Illinois Wants 93-Thousand Students In Five Years (Chicago, IL) -- The University of Illinois wants to see nearly 100-thousand students on its three campuses in the next five years. Univ...

Suburban Republican Wants Obama To Commute Blagojevich Sentence (Crystal Lake, IL) -- A Republican lawmaker is hoping the out-going Democratic President cuts Illinois' former Democratic governor a bre...

Analysis: Illinois' 'Grand Bargain' Adds Two-Billion More In Unpaid Bills (Springfield, IL) -- Even with an income tax increase and a tax on sugary drinks, Illinois' proposed 'grand bargain' spends fa...

The Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner & awards ceremony will be January 28th at the EIU Grand Ballroom. Social hour is from 5-6, followed by dinner and awards from 6-8pm. Midwest...

The annual Teutopolis Knights of Columbus hoop shoot will be held at the high school January 29th. It's open to boys and girls ages 9 to 14, and there is no charge. Doors open at 1:30, and the shoot w...

Bob Eubanks, of the Newlywed Game fame is coming to Effingham to host Hollywood's Greatest Game Shows! This fundraiser event sponsored by United Way of Effingham County will be held Friday, February 1...

Two are sent to the hospital after a two vehicle personal injury crash in Dieterich Wednesday, January 18th around 3:07 PM. The accident occurred along the Dieterich Blacktop, Southbound, at approxima...

Lake Shelbyville - Big things are coming to Lithia Springs Recreation Area. The Lake Shelbyville project office has received special funding to replace and upgrade water lines in the Lithia Springs ca...